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George Mason Social Work Professor Denise Hines co-edits landmark book highlighting an often-overlooked group.

Special education for blindness and visual impairment is at the forefront of education innovation and new technology. But the field is facing one critical shortage: teachers for elementary and secondary schools.

These George Mason students are short-circuiting voice commands, dog whistles, and clickers.

Each year, Mason Nation unites for 24 hours to support the mission and vision of ºÚÁÏÉç. Mason Vision Day 2025 encouraged donors to support what means the most to them. They came forward in record numbers—with record-breaking results.

Four George Mason students in the aviation flight training and management minor took to the skies recently for a solo flight, the final step in completing requirements for the program.

Marvin Lewis, ºÚÁÏÉç's assistant vice president and director of Intercollegiate Athletics, has been appointed by the Atlantic 10 to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee, marking a historic moment for George Mason Athletics. Lewis is the program's inaugural representative on the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee. He succeeds Saint Joseph's vice president and director of Athletics, Jill Bodensteiner, who is stepping down after three years of service on the committee.

In just five years, the Schar School’s immersive Learning Communities program has expanded from a single cohort of first-year government majors to four vibrant communities, now also serving students passionate about the intersection of law and politics, as well as international policy. See what is driving the success of the programs and the students.

The state budget, signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin on May 2, represents the Commonwealth of Virginia’s continued investment in ºÚÁÏÉç as the state’s leading university for access, innovation and upward mobility. The funding goes into effect July 1, 2025.

George Mason music professor June Huang sees connections between musical collaboration and peacebuilding, and she and her students demonstrate those connections with The Spheres Project, a strings faculty and student collaborative space established in 2021.

Management professor Kevin Rockmann’s research shows how collegial, cooperative relationships are a feature, not a bug, of great organizations.

Before an audience of ministers, ambassadors, educators, and global innovation leaders, Ingrid Guerra-López, dean of ºÚÁÏÉç’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), delivered a keynote address that called for a bold, system-wide transformation of K–12 education to secure Africa’s workforce future—and the world’s.

George Mason's AI4Defense program is an innovative incubator that empowers high school and early undergraduate students to explore artificial intelligence (AI) applications in national defense.